Door-hanger.



F. M. HAHN.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION mgr) APR.23;1915.

1, 1 44,901 Patented June 29, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOrO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D4

UNITED STATES PATENT ensign,

FBANKM. HAHN, or normal), sou'rn DAKOTA.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 2Q, 1915,

Application filed April 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,405.

To all whom a'ma concern: a

Be it known that I, FRANK MARTIN H'A'HN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Doland, in the county of Spink and State of South Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to door hangers, the principal object of theinvention being to provide a simple sliding door hanger which willpermit the door to be swung outward from the building, and which can bereadily disconnected from the supporting track.

Another object of the invention is to provide a door hanger of simpleconstruction which can be connected to a door frame without the use ofspecial tools, and which forms a weather tight connection to excluderain, snow and birds or animals.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a view in elevation of the upper portion of the door, Fig. 2 is anedge view of the door and hanger, Fig. 3 isa sectional view takenthrough trolley wheels and the supporting device therefor, Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a portion of the supporting bar for the hanger.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the supporting barfor the hanger provided with a plain flange having perforations 2therein for fastening nails or screws 3, and said supporting barbeingprovided with a bent portion 41: forming a longitudinal groove 5.The supporting bar 1 is secured above the door opening with the terminaledge 6 inward as shown in Fig. 2.

The track member of the hanger comprises a hook 7 disposed in the groove5 of the supporting plate 1 and the track is provided with a plain rearplate 8, the lower edge of which is bent upward as at'9 to form aU-shaped track on which the wheels are adapted to run. The outer memberof the track comprises the inclined wall 10 having the downwardlyextending front wall 11 provided with the curved portion 12 which formsa groove or track for the other wheel connected to the door.

The door a has connected to its upper edge a bracket 14 and inwardlyextending offset portions 15 and a centrally disposed upwardly extendingflange 16. Mounted at intervals in the flange 16 are the axles 17 of thespaced wheels 18. The axles 17 of the wheels 18 are hollow, and upontheir outer ends are the integral wheels 18 having rounded peripheries19 to conform to the curved grooves in the tracks 9 and 12. A pin 20extends through the hollow axles 17 and through a perforation in theflange 16 of the bracket 14, said pin being held against displacement bythe two members 8 and 11 of the track.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the door hanger may be swungout into the position shown in Fig. 2, and can be readily disconnectedfrom the supporting members 1.

Various changes may be made in'the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in theclaims.

What is claimed is 1. A door hanger comprising a supporting bar having aplain flange adapted to be secured to the upper edge of a door openingand an inwardly bent portion forming a groove, a track member having aplain rear plate, an outwardly extending downturned portion on the upperedge of said plate forming a hook member, said hook member being adaptedto engage the groove of said supporting bar, whereby said track membercan be removably and pivotally supported, the flange of said supportingbar and the rear plate of said track member being in the same plane, aninclined wall extending outwardly from said rear plate near the upperportion thereof, a front plate extending down from said inclined wall,upturned portions on said front and rear plates forming a track member,whereby a door can be' slidably suspended thereon.

2. A door hanger comprising a supporting bar having a flange and a bentportion, said bent portion forming a groove, a track member having arear plate, a downturned portion on the upper edge of said rear plateadapted to engage said groove, an inwardly extending upturned portion onthe lower part of said plate, an inclined wall extend ing outwardly fromsaid plate near the upper edge thereof, a front plate extendingdownwardly from said inclined wall, an inwardly extending upturnedportion on said I front plate, said npturned portionsof'the brscketysaidWheels adapted to engage said rear and front plates'being in the sameplane track member. 10 and forming a track, and a bracket "having 1 Intestimony whereof I affix my signature an offset portion, a downwardlyextending in presence of two Witnesses.

shank from said offset portion, said offset 1' FRANK M. HAHN.

and shank being adapted to be secured to a -Witnesses:

door, a pair of "spaced wheelsurotatably I G110. GROSS,

mounted on the upper portion of said t i on H, LEVSAN.

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